The global rush to grab resources took an unexpected turn in Ghana recently. With the hike in gold prices from 2008 onwards, a large influx of foreign miners, especially from China, entered into the artisanal and …
The growing demand for gold in China as the leading global consumer of gold is the driving force behind the influx of thousands of Chinese miners to Ghana. The …
This article investigates factors that attract Chinese migrants into illegal small-scale mining in Ghana, their role in the supply chain, and the impact of their …
Chinese involvement in small-scale gold mining in Ghana can be traced back to 1998 when a small number of miners from Hunan province were involved in fairly unsuccessful ventures (Crawford et al ...
Depictions of the Chinese Miners The ongoing Chinese gold rush in Ghana is a dramatic event characterized by the movement of large numbers of people and resources, as well as the transformation of physical, political 6 and economic landscapes. It is, therefore, no surprise that it has sparked heated discussions, both in Ghana and elsewhere.
Illegal Chinese miners jailed 15 years Mary Anane-Amponsah Jun - 09 - 2022, 06:26 The Sekondi High Court in the Western Region has sentenced four convicts, including two Chinese, to a 15-year ...
Various sources suspected the presence of as high as 50,000 Chinese miners in the early 2010s. 2 However, our field interviews suggest that in 2013 Ghana hosted about 11,000 Shanglin miners—the largest Chinese miner group 3; combined with miners from other parts of China, the total was around 20,000, concentrated near …
A Chinese businesswoman known in Ghana as "the queen of illegal gold mining" will remain behind bars in the capital Accra until next month when she and three co-accused will face court again.
With its ample unprotected gold reserves, Ghana proved attractive to Chinese gold diggers. Second, the majority of the Chinese miners in Ghana come from the Guangxi autonomous region in China, a region with a long history of gold mining and expertise in advanced mining techniques. About 50,000 Chinese miners have flocked to Ghana over the past ...
The Chinese miners in Ghana largely operated outside the concessions of large-scale companies, and hence there were hardly any reported instances of confrontations between the two. Contestations have occurred, instead, between local artisanal miners and Chinese small-scale miners, mainly over access to communal mining sites that have been ...
5 In another interesting study of Ghanaian perceptions of Chinese migrants, undertaken by a Chinese postgraduate researcher, Liu Shaonan, it was similarly noted that coverage of Chinese miners in the Daily Graphic during May–June 2013 was entirely negative in tone and used the word 'illegal' in all 22 stories (Liu Citation 2014).The …
SMGHL's arrival in this corner of Ghana stemmed from the visit of one of the local concession holders, the owner of Yenyeya Mining Group, to China in 2008 on a one-month Ghanaian government-sponsored trip; he was one of 25 selected small-scale miners (Interview with the owner of Yenyeya Mining Group, Bolgatanga, 14 July 2014).
The two Chinese in Ghana's prisons is in spite of the hundreds of Chinese illegal miners arrested from 2013 to 2020. The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has refused to respond to The Fourth Estate's RTI request on the number of Chinese nationals who arrived in the country from 2012 to date and the number deported during the same …
For example, Zhenyu Su, the most prominent Chinese miner in Ghana, has recently been interviewed multiple times by Chinese newspapers, and several Chinese …
rapidly back in Shanglin County, with large numbers of miners migrating to Ghana. At the height of Chinese involvement in 2012 and 2013, media reports from China stated that almost 50,000 Chinese nationals had migrated to Ghana for purposes of small-scale gold mining 4. The other form made use of the legal provision for foreign companies to act as
China has maintained strong relationships with many African countries, and Ghana is one such country. While the two countries have normally enjoyed good friendly relations, concerns over the involvement of Chinese citizens in small-scale mining in Ghana threaten the cordial relationship between the two countries.
Wassa Akropong is a farming community in the Western North region of Ghana that has become a hotspot for illegal mining by Chinese nationals. The article …
Estimates suggest that 70 per cent of Chinese miners in Ghana come from Shanglin County, an impoverished area in the southern Guangxi province where news of the gold rush spread by word of mouth [2,65]. Small-scale mining in Ghana is attractive to Chinese miners from Guangxi for several reasons. First, mining activities in Guangxi …
Accounts have emerged of Chinese miners being ambushed by armed robbers and using pump-action shotguns for protection. ... and highly placed government officials accepting bribes in exchange for leaving the illegal miners alone. Even Ghana's Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC), which is not supposed to buy any …
ACCRA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - A Ghanaian court has sentenced a Chinese national to prison for illegal gold mining in the West African nation, her lawyer said on Monday, ending a case that started in ...
Two Ghanaian journalists, Okatakyie Afrifa-Mensah and Kwame Appiah Kubi, along with other team members, arrested three Chinese nationals who were allegedly …
The repatriation of Chinese miners created diplomatic tensions between Ghana and China. The Chinese Embassy in Ghana expressed worry over what they call a targeted media campaign against Chinese citizens in Ghana. Analysts believe the government's fight against galamsey will impact its ability to receive loans or any …
The issue of Chinese gold miners in Ghana sparked national tension in 2013. when the London based Guardian Newspaper and the BBC News documented a.
One aspect of the controversial issue of illegal mining in Ghana is the involvement of foreigners, especially Chinese companies and miners; ... By 2013, the participation of Chinese citizens in informal mining in Ghana had grown to such proportions, and received such adverse media coverage, that the Government of Ghana …
The global rush to grab resources took an unexpected turn in Ghana recently. With the hike in gold prices from 2008 onwards, a large influx of foreign miners, especially from China, entered into the artisanal and small-scale mining sector (ASM), despite it being 'reserved for Ghanaian citizens' by law.
Ghana's High Court has ordered an interlocutory injunction blocking the Chinese-state-linked miner Earl International, formerly known as Shaanxi, from mining a 10-hectare area in eastern Ghana ...
mining: Chinese miners and the state in Ghana Gordon Crawford a∗ and Gabriel Botchwey b a Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, Coventry, UK;
Police, immigration and intelligence officials have swooped down on Chinese gold miners in Ghana, Africa's second-largest gold producer, rounding up 169 Chinese citizens since June 1 and ...